The
Director of Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Rabe Abubakar, told journalists on
Monday that the military would release any of its indicted personnel in the
ongoing arms sale scam to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for
prosecution.
Abubakar
spoke against the backdrop of an alleged plan by the EFCC to arrest some of the
senior military personnel indicted by the Presidential Panel on arms probe.
It
was gathered on Monday that the EFCC called off a planned operation to arrest
some of the senior military personnel indicted
The
team of police operatives, who had assembled at the Idiagbon House Headquarters
of the commission, could not move to the residences and the various services of
the Armed Forces to arrest some senior officers indicted in the ongoing arms
probe.
An
operative of the commission said that the police operatives and their civilian
counterparts had been put on standby for the current move to get the listed
personnel for interrogation.
When
contacted, the Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren,
said, “I am not aware of what you are talking about. I don’t know what you are
talking about.”
But
asked whether the military would release indicted military personnel to the
EFCC for investigation and possible prosecution in the ongoing arms purchase
scam, the Defence spokesperson said the DHQ would cooperate with the EFCC on
the matter.
He
said that the military would be in support of any effort that would ensure a
corruption-free society.
Abubakar
stressed that the military would be ready to hand over any indicted personnel
for probe whenever such a request was made.
He
said, “The military’s position is that we are in support of the ongoing
campaign against corruption in this country. Corruption is a disease which
retards national development, national prosperity and national security.”
It
was also learnt on Monday that the EFCC might have extended its investigations
into the activities of immediate-past Comptroller General of the Nigeria
Customs Service, Mr. Abdulahi Dikko, to some seniors officers, who served under
him.
We gathered on Monday that at least six senior officers, who served under
Dikko were being probed by the EFCC.
Source: The Punch
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